Board 8 > The Mount Rushmore of: "Sam" (Fictional)

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Rules

1. You may vote up to 4 entries that fit the prompt.
2. No alts.
3. No deleting or editing posts; though, editing posts shortly after you post is fine.
4. If you change your vote, clearly indicate that you are changing a previous vote. Same for adding or subtracting picks.
5. In general, if there are two picks that can be considered the same product (i.e. Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle), I will combine them.
6. If a vote is vague, I will pick the first available choice that best matches the vote (i.e. "Mario" for Wii Games becomes Super Mario Galaxy).
7. I will post the parameters of each Rushmore topic. Other than that, feel free to vote however you like and based on any criteria that best fits the "Mount Rushmore" of that topic.
8. If a vote doesn't fit the topic, it will count as a blank vote.
9. You may nominate 1 new nomination per day.
10. You have an unlimited amount of seconds for established nominations.
11. Every Monday, I'll post the schedule for the week. I will pick based on the number of nominations. Any ties will be determined by RNG.

Spreadsheet & Nominations

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aatA25pW6OsDn2RlAAGP1_GOGCMNvLLumAKckHOhtFk/edit?gid=1117984190#gid=1117984190

Last Topics Results

Still on mobile! See next post.

Last 5 Rushmores

"Ashley" (Fictional): Ash Williams / Ashley Graham / Ashley (WarioWare) / Ashley Banks
George (Fictional): George Costanza / Curious George / George Jetson / George of the Jungle
"Elizabeth" (Fictional): Elizabeth Bennet / Elizabeth Swann / Betty Cooper / Elizabeth (BioShock)
Jack (Fictional): Captain Jack Sparrow / Jack Frost / Jack Skellington / Jack Torrance
Kim (Fictional): Kim Possible / Kimberly Hart / Kim Wexler / Kimmy Gibbler

This Week's Rushmores

Monday: Saturn Games
Tuesday: SBAllens Many Crimes
Wednesday: Horror Movie Villains
Thursday: Seinfeld Episodes
Friday: Video Game Controllers
Saturday: Legend of Zelda Dungeons
Sunday: Fictional Alien Species (Towel Day special)

Next Themed Week: June 23 - 29: Generational Video Games (2nd Gen to 8th Gen)

Today's Parameters

You must pick a fictional character named "Sam.

You may pick shortened versions, longer versions, or alternate spellings of Sam (such as Samuel or Samantha).

Characters nicknamed "Sam" or any other version - even if that's not their name - count.

Customizable characters who have a default name or canon name as Sam or any version count.

Fictionalized depictions of "Sam" count; though, I would focus more on it being fictionalized rather than dramatized. We're picking characters, not people.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_(given_name)
https://www.ranker.com/list/fictional-characters-named-sam/reference
https://www.ranker.com/list/fictional-characters-named-samantha/reference
https://characters.fandom.com/wiki/Sam
https://www.watchmojo.com/suggest/Top+10+Movie+and+TV+Characters+Named+Sam

& Max

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/463a668a.jpg

Honestly a better selection than I expected! Its interesting the almost made it characters were mostly from the last 10 years, but only Wexler got in from that era. Pretty diverse selection on the Mount Rushmore otherwise.

Samwise Gamgee
Uncle Sam

Thats all I can think of for now.

Uncle Sam (United States propaganda)
Samwise Gamgee (The Lord of the Rings)
Yosemite Sam (Looney Tunes)
Sam Malone (Cheers)

Honorable mentions to Sam Spade, Sam Fisher, and Sam-I-Am.

Sam Malone (Cheers)
Samwise Gamgee (LOTR)
Sam McCall (General Hospital)
Samson (Legend)

Uncle Sam
Samwise Gamgee
Yosimite Sam
Sam The Eagle

Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)
Yosemite Sam (Looney Tunes)
Toucan Sam (Froot Loops)

Uncle Sam
Samwise Gamgee (The Lord of the Rings)
Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
Sam Puckett (iCarly)

I wanna get at least one woman in there so

Uncle Sam
Samwise Gamgee
Yosemite Sam
Samantha Stephens (Bewitched)

My argument for Samantha is that the shows popularity repopularized a name that had long gone out of style.

Uncle Sam
Samwise Gamgee
Yosemite Sam
Toucan Sam

Sam Porter Bridges (Death Stranding)
Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)
Sam (Sam & Max)

Sam Eagle (The Muppets)
Yosemite Sam (Looney Tunes)
Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon)
Samwise Gamgee (The Lord of the Rings)

Sam Winchester
Yosemite Sam
Uncle Sam
Sam Malone

Uncle Sam
Samwise Gamgee
Yosemite Sam
Toucan Sam

HM to Samwell Tarly, who just isn't quite as iconic as the aforementioned quartet

Also my personal favorite is Sam Winchester, but it's kind of hard to separate him from Dean mentally

Uncle Sam
Toucan Sam
Yosemite Sam
Sam-I-Am

Uncle Sam
Samwise Gamgee
Yosemite Sam
Samwell Tarly

Uncle Sam
Sam Spade
Samwise Gamgee
Samantha Jones (Sex and the City)

Samwise Gamgee (LOTR)
Sam I Am (Green Eggs and Ham)
Sam Malone (Cheers)
Sam (Sam & Max)

Pajama

Add

Yosemite Sam
Samantha (Bewitched)

Samwise Gamgee
Uncle Sam
Yosemite Sam
Toucan Sam

Uncle Sam
Samwise Gamgee
Yosemite Sam
Toucan Sam

Sam Gamgee
Sam "Serious" Stone
Sam-I-Am
Sam Vimes (Discworld)

Honourable mention to Yosemite Sam.

Sam Hill
Sam Gamgee
Sam the Eagle
Sam Vimes

Uncle Sam
Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)
Sam (Sam and Max)
Yosemite Sam

Uncle Sam
Samwise Gamgee
Yosemite Sam
Sam I Am

Samwell Tarly

Just wanted to throw him a vote

NFUN posted...

Pajama

Jetstream

Sam Vimes
Samwell Tarly
Samwise Gamgee
Sam (& Max)

literature

Samwise Gamgee
Uncle Sam
Yosemite Sam
Sam-I-Am

Uncle Sam
Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)
Samson (Judeochristian mythology)
Yosemite Sam (Looney Tunes)

technically i'm not sure if Samson counts or not. he's in that grey area of all 3 major religions where there's specifics that seem to point to an actual person but the whole strength where he can solo a thousand men or lift a temple with his bare hands are obviously myth, as is the whole cutting his hair making him lose his strength, which is what he's best known for. and that story's gone on for thousands of years so gotta be him.

Samwise Gamgee
Uncle Sam
Yosemite Sam
Sam I Am

Samson doesn't lift a temple with his bare hands, for the record. He pushes the support pillars over so that the temple collapses on itself.

I'd also hesitate calling something mythology simply because you don't believe it's real, especially when actual practitioners don't think it's mythology.

But I imagine this is a losing battle for me, so whatever, it's not like he's making it on here anyway.

Sam I Am
Samwise Gamgee
Uncle Sam
Sam Eagle

Leonhart4 posted...

I'd also hesitate calling something mythology simply because you don't believe it's real, especially when actual practitioners don't think it's mythology.

i mean he's literally powered by magical hair to give him superhuman strength because of a vow to god. that's textbook myth right there.

Wanglicious posted...

i mean he's literally powered by magical hair to give him superhuman strength because of a vow to god. that's textbook myth right there.

That's not literally how it works, actually.

Again, just because you don't believe it doesn't make it mythological.

I'm not Muslim but I wouldn't call Allah a mythological being just because I don't believe in him. I think it's pretty insensitive toward actual believers to just handwave away miraculous things as myths just because you don't believe them or understand them.

I think it's a fine line trying to categorize religious characters as fictional. I'm not a fan of it, but I'm obviously a minority here.

Samwise Gamgee
Uncle Sam
Yosemite Sam
Sam I Am

you know looking back Im kinda stunned Yosemite didnt really contend at all for the Looney Rushmore but that speaks for the strength of it

Samwise Gamgee
Uncle Sam
Yosemite Sam
Sam I Am

Uncle Sam (American Propaganda)
Yosemite Sam (Looney Tunes)
Samwise Gamgee (The Lord of the Rings)
Sam-I-Am (Dr. Seuss)

Samwise Gamgee
Sam Winchester
Sam Vimes
Sam Wheat - Ghost

Leonhart4 posted...

I think it's pretty insensitive toward actual believers to just handwave away miraculous things as myths just because you don't believe them or understand them.

if you've got supernatural powers that are literally as a result of a deity, you're a myth.
if your objection was that it's not fiction that's different from what you're saying there; myths don't necessarily need to be fake or made up stories, though they do teach lessons. Hinduism and Buddhism would be a great example of a modern religion covered in mythology that nobody will bat an eye over, including practitioners. everyone's well aware of Greek, Norse, and Celtic mythology and have no problem with their supernatural stories being myths. zero reason why Islam, Judaism, or Christianity should be any different.

Uncle Sam
Samwise Gamgee
Yosemite Sam
Sam I Am

Uncle Sam (United States propaganda)
Samwise Gamgee (The Lord of the Rings)
Yosemite Sam (Looney Tunes)
Sam Vimes (Discworld)

NFUN posted...

Jetstream

Vimes
NFUN posted...

Jetstream

Wanglicious posted...

if you've got supernatural powers that are literally as a result of a deity, you're a myth.
if your objection was that it's not fiction that's different from what you're saying there; myths don't necessarily need to be fake or made up stories, though they do teach lessons.

This is a topic about fictional characters. By voting for one, you're saying it's fictional. The difference between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and something like Greek/Roman mythology is that a large number of people in the former group don't think it's fictional. There's nobody alive today who thinks Greek and Roman mythological stories actually happened.